Dr. Frank Edward Quire was born in Lynnville. His father was Dr. C.E. Quire. He attended Rush Medical College receiving his M.D. in 1892. From 1892 to 1901, Dr. F.E. Quire practiced medicine in Peoria, Iowa. In 1901 to 1912 he practiced in Taintor. In 1912 he came to Lynnville and practiced until his death in 1959.
The romance of Frank and Kittie Ratcliff (Katherine) received its start when Kittie was a piano student of Frank's. Dr. Frank, as he was later called, was attending Grinnell College where he was a student of music. In order to pay his way and save money toward his medical education, he interrupted his college work and taught school and gave piano lessons.
Tho this was the beginning, their courtship continued for many years. He proposed to Kittie as they were driving up Sand Hill norhteast of Lynnville, just west of the Friend's Cemetery.
Kittie moved with her parents, Issac and Rebecca Ratcliff, to LeGrand, Iowa, where she attended Friends' Academy. Later she went to Penn College. Frank went from Grinnell School of Music to the Iowa City School of Medicine and from there to Chicago where he graduated from Rush Medical College in 1892. In order to finance his medical education he palyed at deances and cut cylinder phonograph records. He gave up a promising career in music to devote his life to medicine.
Finally, in 1896, Frank was well enough established in practice at Peoria, Iowa, that they were married and bought their first home in Peoria. It was here that their first child, Charlie was born in 1898.
In 1902 they moved to Taintor where life continued at a much faster pace. Their first daughter, Reba was born in 1903, they build a new home, and they bought their first automobile-a Black - which was ordered from a catalog and put together by Frank and his cousin, Charlie Mitchell of Searsboro. The car had a chain drive.
Their second daughter, Ivo, was born in 1909. Before she was three years old Dr. Charles Quire, father of Frank, died of a heart condition aggravated by digging out of snow in order to reach a sick patient. Dr. Frank had promised his father that he would move to Lynnville.
The family moved to Lynnville and lived ofr several years in the house at the top of hill south of the Old Mill and across the street from the John Gause store, and west of the livery stable.
The family was united in their belief that a doctor's life belonged to his patients. The telephone was the master; it could, and did, control the lives of all five members. The only vacations were those few days in the summer when the family was loaded into the Ford Touring Car, the tent was tied on the back, and the grub box, built on the running board, was filled with food staples, and they headed North to fish for the big ones in the Minnesota lakes. Fishing was wonderful, fried fish three times a day! It was a relief to get back home where the menu was more varied.
Frank and Kittie were married nearly 40 years when Kittie died in 1935. Dr. Frank continued living in his home until his death in 1959. He lacked a few weekds of being 92 years old.
* Information obtained from Memories of yesterday and today 1875-1975 Lynnville.
Obituary
Frank Edward Quire, eldest of
the family of Dr. Edward and
Sarah Taylor Quire, was born at
Sully, Iowa on November 22, 18-
67 and passed away on October
1st, 1959 in the St. Catherine hospital
in Omaha, Neb.
Frank Quire attended the Lynnville
Academy and a t the age of
16 entered Grinnell college for
the study of music where he became
an accomplished pianist. After
this he gave piano lessons and
also taught school. One of his
piano students, Miss Kittie Ratcliff
later became his wife.
He later studied medicine at
the University of Iowa prior to
attending Rush Medical College in
Chicago, 111. from which he received
his degree of Doctor of
Medicine March 29, 1892. Following
this he began practice in
Peoria Iowa the same year.
Dr. Frank Quire and Miss Kittie
Ratcliff were married on December
22, 1895 at Le Grande,
Iowa and established their home
in Peoria where they lived until
1901 when they moved to Taintor.
In 1912 Dr. and Mrs. Quire
and family moved to Lynnville
where he and his brother the late
Dr. Austin F. Quire took over
the practice of their father, the
late Dr. C. E. Quire.
Dr. Quire was a member of both
the American Medical Association
and the Iowa State Medical Association.
He received his 60 year certificate
of the Masonic order of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa in February
1954 and was a member of the
Masonice order for 70 years.
Surviving are on son, Charles
F. Quire of Lynnville, two daughters,
Mrs. Lloyd (Reba) Dixon,
Hampton, Va., Mrs. Dale (Ivo)
Glascock of Papellian, Neb., two
granddaughters, Mrs. R o g er
(Joyce) Woodworth, Athens, Ga.
and Miss Janet Dixon, Hampton,
Va., also one brother, Fred Quire,
of Buhl, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 1935, by two grandsons
Donald and Richard Quire
Glascock in infancy. A brother
Edwin Quire died in infancy. Also
preceding his was another
brother, Dr. Austin F. Quire and
two sisters, Miss Mabel and Miss
Veto Quire. •
Dr. Frank Quire practiced for
over .60 years in the Peoria, Taintor
and. Lynnville area where he
won and maintained the confidence
and respect of hundreds of
his patients throughout the years.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, October 4th in the Lynnville
Friends church. Interment
was in Woodland cemetery where
Masonic rites were conducted.
*Pella Chronicle 10/15
The romance of Frank and Kittie Ratcliff (Katherine) received its start when Kittie was a piano student of Frank's. Dr. Frank, as he was later called, was attending Grinnell College where he was a student of music. In order to pay his way and save money toward his medical education, he interrupted his college work and taught school and gave piano lessons.
Tho this was the beginning, their courtship continued for many years. He proposed to Kittie as they were driving up Sand Hill norhteast of Lynnville, just west of the Friend's Cemetery.
Kittie moved with her parents, Issac and Rebecca Ratcliff, to LeGrand, Iowa, where she attended Friends' Academy. Later she went to Penn College. Frank went from Grinnell School of Music to the Iowa City School of Medicine and from there to Chicago where he graduated from Rush Medical College in 1892. In order to finance his medical education he palyed at deances and cut cylinder phonograph records. He gave up a promising career in music to devote his life to medicine.
Finally, in 1896, Frank was well enough established in practice at Peoria, Iowa, that they were married and bought their first home in Peoria. It was here that their first child, Charlie was born in 1898.
In 1902 they moved to Taintor where life continued at a much faster pace. Their first daughter, Reba was born in 1903, they build a new home, and they bought their first automobile-a Black - which was ordered from a catalog and put together by Frank and his cousin, Charlie Mitchell of Searsboro. The car had a chain drive.
Their second daughter, Ivo, was born in 1909. Before she was three years old Dr. Charles Quire, father of Frank, died of a heart condition aggravated by digging out of snow in order to reach a sick patient. Dr. Frank had promised his father that he would move to Lynnville.
The family moved to Lynnville and lived ofr several years in the house at the top of hill south of the Old Mill and across the street from the John Gause store, and west of the livery stable.
The family was united in their belief that a doctor's life belonged to his patients. The telephone was the master; it could, and did, control the lives of all five members. The only vacations were those few days in the summer when the family was loaded into the Ford Touring Car, the tent was tied on the back, and the grub box, built on the running board, was filled with food staples, and they headed North to fish for the big ones in the Minnesota lakes. Fishing was wonderful, fried fish three times a day! It was a relief to get back home where the menu was more varied.
Frank and Kittie were married nearly 40 years when Kittie died in 1935. Dr. Frank continued living in his home until his death in 1959. He lacked a few weekds of being 92 years old.
* Information obtained from Memories of yesterday and today 1875-1975 Lynnville.
Obituary
Frank Edward Quire, eldest of
the family of Dr. Edward and
Sarah Taylor Quire, was born at
Sully, Iowa on November 22, 18-
67 and passed away on October
1st, 1959 in the St. Catherine hospital
in Omaha, Neb.
Frank Quire attended the Lynnville
Academy and a t the age of
16 entered Grinnell college for
the study of music where he became
an accomplished pianist. After
this he gave piano lessons and
also taught school. One of his
piano students, Miss Kittie Ratcliff
later became his wife.
He later studied medicine at
the University of Iowa prior to
attending Rush Medical College in
Chicago, 111. from which he received
his degree of Doctor of
Medicine March 29, 1892. Following
this he began practice in
Peoria Iowa the same year.
Dr. Frank Quire and Miss Kittie
Ratcliff were married on December
22, 1895 at Le Grande,
Iowa and established their home
in Peoria where they lived until
1901 when they moved to Taintor.
In 1912 Dr. and Mrs. Quire
and family moved to Lynnville
where he and his brother the late
Dr. Austin F. Quire took over
the practice of their father, the
late Dr. C. E. Quire.
Dr. Quire was a member of both
the American Medical Association
and the Iowa State Medical Association.
He received his 60 year certificate
of the Masonic order of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa in February
1954 and was a member of the
Masonice order for 70 years.
Surviving are on son, Charles
F. Quire of Lynnville, two daughters,
Mrs. Lloyd (Reba) Dixon,
Hampton, Va., Mrs. Dale (Ivo)
Glascock of Papellian, Neb., two
granddaughters, Mrs. R o g er
(Joyce) Woodworth, Athens, Ga.
and Miss Janet Dixon, Hampton,
Va., also one brother, Fred Quire,
of Buhl, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 1935, by two grandsons
Donald and Richard Quire
Glascock in infancy. A brother
Edwin Quire died in infancy. Also
preceding his was another
brother, Dr. Austin F. Quire and
two sisters, Miss Mabel and Miss
Veto Quire. •
Dr. Frank Quire practiced for
over .60 years in the Peoria, Taintor
and. Lynnville area where he
won and maintained the confidence
and respect of hundreds of
his patients throughout the years.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, October 4th in the Lynnville
Friends church. Interment
was in Woodland cemetery where
Masonic rites were conducted.
*Pella Chronicle 10/15
Dr. Frank Edward Quire was born in Lynnville. His father was Dr. C.E. Quire. He attended Rush Medical College receiving his M.D. in 1892. From 1892 to 1901, Dr. F.E. Quire practiced medicine in Peoria, Iowa. In 1901 to 1912 he practiced in Taintor. In 1912 he came to Lynnville and practiced until his death in 1959.
The romance of Frank and Kittie Ratcliff (Katherine) received its start when Kittie was a piano student of Frank's. Dr. Frank, as he was later called, was attending Grinnell College where he was a student of music. In order to pay his way and save money toward his medical education, he interrupted his college work and taught school and gave piano lessons.
Tho this was the beginning, their courtship continued for many years. He proposed to Kittie as they were driving up Sand Hill norhteast of Lynnville, just west of the Friend's Cemetery.
Kittie moved with her parents, Issac and Rebecca Ratcliff, to LeGrand, Iowa, where she attended Friends' Academy. Later she went to Penn College. Frank went from Grinnell School of Music to the Iowa City School of Medicine and from there to Chicago where he graduated from Rush Medical College in 1892. In order to finance his medical education he palyed at deances and cut cylinder phonograph records. He gave up a promising career in music to devote his life to medicine.
Finally, in 1896, Frank was well enough established in practice at Peoria, Iowa, that they were married and bought their first home in Peoria. It was here that their first child, Charlie was born in 1898.
In 1902 they moved to Taintor where life continued at a much faster pace. Their first daughter, Reba was born in 1903, they build a new home, and they bought their first automobile-a Black - which was ordered from a catalog and put together by Frank and his cousin, Charlie Mitchell of Searsboro. The car had a chain drive.
Their second daughter, Ivo, was born in 1909. Before she was three years old Dr. Charles Quire, father of Frank, died of a heart condition aggravated by digging out of snow in order to reach a sick patient. Dr. Frank had promised his father that he would move to Lynnville.
The family moved to Lynnville and lived ofr several years in the house at the top of hill south of the Old Mill and across the street from the John Gause store, and west of the livery stable.
The family was united in their belief that a doctor's life belonged to his patients. The telephone was the master; it could, and did, control the lives of all five members. The only vacations were those few days in the summer when the family was loaded into the Ford Touring Car, the tent was tied on the back, and the grub box, built on the running board, was filled with food staples, and they headed North to fish for the big ones in the Minnesota lakes. Fishing was wonderful, fried fish three times a day! It was a relief to get back home where the menu was more varied.
Frank and Kittie were married nearly 40 years when Kittie died in 1935. Dr. Frank continued living in his home until his death in 1959. He lacked a few weekds of being 92 years old.
* Information obtained from Memories of yesterday and today 1875-1975 Lynnville.
Obituary
Frank Edward Quire, eldest of
the family of Dr. Edward and
Sarah Taylor Quire, was born at
Sully, Iowa on November 22, 18-
67 and passed away on October
1st, 1959 in the St. Catherine hospital
in Omaha, Neb.
Frank Quire attended the Lynnville
Academy and a t the age of
16 entered Grinnell college for
the study of music where he became
an accomplished pianist. After
this he gave piano lessons and
also taught school. One of his
piano students, Miss Kittie Ratcliff
later became his wife.
He later studied medicine at
the University of Iowa prior to
attending Rush Medical College in
Chicago, 111. from which he received
his degree of Doctor of
Medicine March 29, 1892. Following
this he began practice in
Peoria Iowa the same year.
Dr. Frank Quire and Miss Kittie
Ratcliff were married on December
22, 1895 at Le Grande,
Iowa and established their home
in Peoria where they lived until
1901 when they moved to Taintor.
In 1912 Dr. and Mrs. Quire
and family moved to Lynnville
where he and his brother the late
Dr. Austin F. Quire took over
the practice of their father, the
late Dr. C. E. Quire.
Dr. Quire was a member of both
the American Medical Association
and the Iowa State Medical Association.
He received his 60 year certificate
of the Masonic order of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa in February
1954 and was a member of the
Masonice order for 70 years.
Surviving are on son, Charles
F. Quire of Lynnville, two daughters,
Mrs. Lloyd (Reba) Dixon,
Hampton, Va., Mrs. Dale (Ivo)
Glascock of Papellian, Neb., two
granddaughters, Mrs. R o g er
(Joyce) Woodworth, Athens, Ga.
and Miss Janet Dixon, Hampton,
Va., also one brother, Fred Quire,
of Buhl, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 1935, by two grandsons
Donald and Richard Quire
Glascock in infancy. A brother
Edwin Quire died in infancy. Also
preceding his was another
brother, Dr. Austin F. Quire and
two sisters, Miss Mabel and Miss
Veto Quire. •
Dr. Frank Quire practiced for
over .60 years in the Peoria, Taintor
and. Lynnville area where he
won and maintained the confidence
and respect of hundreds of
his patients throughout the years.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, October 4th in the Lynnville
Friends church. Interment
was in Woodland cemetery where
Masonic rites were conducted.
*Pella Chronicle 10/15
The romance of Frank and Kittie Ratcliff (Katherine) received its start when Kittie was a piano student of Frank's. Dr. Frank, as he was later called, was attending Grinnell College where he was a student of music. In order to pay his way and save money toward his medical education, he interrupted his college work and taught school and gave piano lessons.
Tho this was the beginning, their courtship continued for many years. He proposed to Kittie as they were driving up Sand Hill norhteast of Lynnville, just west of the Friend's Cemetery.
Kittie moved with her parents, Issac and Rebecca Ratcliff, to LeGrand, Iowa, where she attended Friends' Academy. Later she went to Penn College. Frank went from Grinnell School of Music to the Iowa City School of Medicine and from there to Chicago where he graduated from Rush Medical College in 1892. In order to finance his medical education he palyed at deances and cut cylinder phonograph records. He gave up a promising career in music to devote his life to medicine.
Finally, in 1896, Frank was well enough established in practice at Peoria, Iowa, that they were married and bought their first home in Peoria. It was here that their first child, Charlie was born in 1898.
In 1902 they moved to Taintor where life continued at a much faster pace. Their first daughter, Reba was born in 1903, they build a new home, and they bought their first automobile-a Black - which was ordered from a catalog and put together by Frank and his cousin, Charlie Mitchell of Searsboro. The car had a chain drive.
Their second daughter, Ivo, was born in 1909. Before she was three years old Dr. Charles Quire, father of Frank, died of a heart condition aggravated by digging out of snow in order to reach a sick patient. Dr. Frank had promised his father that he would move to Lynnville.
The family moved to Lynnville and lived ofr several years in the house at the top of hill south of the Old Mill and across the street from the John Gause store, and west of the livery stable.
The family was united in their belief that a doctor's life belonged to his patients. The telephone was the master; it could, and did, control the lives of all five members. The only vacations were those few days in the summer when the family was loaded into the Ford Touring Car, the tent was tied on the back, and the grub box, built on the running board, was filled with food staples, and they headed North to fish for the big ones in the Minnesota lakes. Fishing was wonderful, fried fish three times a day! It was a relief to get back home where the menu was more varied.
Frank and Kittie were married nearly 40 years when Kittie died in 1935. Dr. Frank continued living in his home until his death in 1959. He lacked a few weekds of being 92 years old.
* Information obtained from Memories of yesterday and today 1875-1975 Lynnville.
Obituary
Frank Edward Quire, eldest of
the family of Dr. Edward and
Sarah Taylor Quire, was born at
Sully, Iowa on November 22, 18-
67 and passed away on October
1st, 1959 in the St. Catherine hospital
in Omaha, Neb.
Frank Quire attended the Lynnville
Academy and a t the age of
16 entered Grinnell college for
the study of music where he became
an accomplished pianist. After
this he gave piano lessons and
also taught school. One of his
piano students, Miss Kittie Ratcliff
later became his wife.
He later studied medicine at
the University of Iowa prior to
attending Rush Medical College in
Chicago, 111. from which he received
his degree of Doctor of
Medicine March 29, 1892. Following
this he began practice in
Peoria Iowa the same year.
Dr. Frank Quire and Miss Kittie
Ratcliff were married on December
22, 1895 at Le Grande,
Iowa and established their home
in Peoria where they lived until
1901 when they moved to Taintor.
In 1912 Dr. and Mrs. Quire
and family moved to Lynnville
where he and his brother the late
Dr. Austin F. Quire took over
the practice of their father, the
late Dr. C. E. Quire.
Dr. Quire was a member of both
the American Medical Association
and the Iowa State Medical Association.
He received his 60 year certificate
of the Masonic order of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa in February
1954 and was a member of the
Masonice order for 70 years.
Surviving are on son, Charles
F. Quire of Lynnville, two daughters,
Mrs. Lloyd (Reba) Dixon,
Hampton, Va., Mrs. Dale (Ivo)
Glascock of Papellian, Neb., two
granddaughters, Mrs. R o g er
(Joyce) Woodworth, Athens, Ga.
and Miss Janet Dixon, Hampton,
Va., also one brother, Fred Quire,
of Buhl, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 1935, by two grandsons
Donald and Richard Quire
Glascock in infancy. A brother
Edwin Quire died in infancy. Also
preceding his was another
brother, Dr. Austin F. Quire and
two sisters, Miss Mabel and Miss
Veto Quire. •
Dr. Frank Quire practiced for
over .60 years in the Peoria, Taintor
and. Lynnville area where he
won and maintained the confidence
and respect of hundreds of
his patients throughout the years.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, October 4th in the Lynnville
Friends church. Interment
was in Woodland cemetery where
Masonic rites were conducted.
*Pella Chronicle 10/15
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